Apparatus for indicating money values



Feb. 2, 1937. c. L. BuRDlcK 2,069,401`

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N VE N TOR HTTORNE Y Patented Feb. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEAPPARATUS FOR INDICATING MONEY VALUES Charles Laurence Burdick, London,England 16 Claims.

This invention relates to apparatus for producing indications of moneyvalues and is primarily intended for use in the preparation of selectormembers for power operated money delivering machines. A machine usingsuch selector members is described, for example, in my co-pending UnitedStates application Ser. No. 700,928.

1t is an object of the inventio-n to provide apparatus wherein theactuation of a key or like member representing a certain money valuewill cause indications to be produced of the actual pieces of moneywhich are required to make up that value.

It is also an object of the invention to provide, in perforatingapparatus, the combination of means for perforating holes representingmoney values and mechanism for totalizing the money values represented.

Another object of the invention is to provide apparatus having meansoperable to produce indications of pieces of money required to make up acertain sum and means to produce indications of the balance of pieces ofmoney indicatable by the apparatus, but not punched.

A further object of the invention is to provide a card or other selectormember for use in money delivering machines, and having operativeperforations in positions corresponding to certain pieces of money andhaving no-payment indications adjacent to all other positionslcorresponding to pieces of money.

Various other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescriptions of embodiments of the invention and novel features of theinvention will be particularly pointed out in connection with theappended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing the key board and certain other parts oithe apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-lI of Fig. 1,

Fig. 2a is a detached view of a detail omitted from Fig. 2,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal axial section through the selecting mechanismwhich controls the representation of pence, and is to a larger scalethan Figs. l and 2,

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-V of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Fig. 3,

Fig. 7 shows a card treated oy the apparatus,

Fig. 8 is -a section, to an enlarged scale, on the line VIII- VIII ofFig. 2,

Fig. 9 is a similar View to that shown in Fig. 8 but with the parts indifferent positions,

Fig. 10 is a diagram illustrating the selecting mechanism for thecontrol of pence representation,

Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating the Vselecting mechanism for Shillingrepresentation,

Fig. 12 is a detached elevation, partly in section 5 illustrating amodication, and

Fig. 13 is an elevation illustrating part of the totalizing mechanism.

The apparatus illustrated is designed for use in connection withpayments to be made in the 10 English currency, and is provided withbanks of keys marked with diiierent numbers of pounds, shillings andpence. Y

The apparatus is further designed to represent amounts in the Englishcurrency by perforat- 15 ing a card 2, shownrin Figure 'l in one or morepositions'll predetermined to indicate various pieces of English money.Y

As shown in Fig. l, levers I are provided, each carrying a key I1 markedwith a number of pounds 20 from one to four land arranged, by means ofmechanism later to be described, to operate one or more of three puncheseach arranged so as to be able to perforate a kcard 2 when correctlyinserted in the apparatus in-one of the positions V |10 marked 1, 2 and3, respectively. Finger plates 8 and 9 marked 5 and 6 respectively arealso provided arranged to operate the levers bearing 2 and 3 keys andthe 1, 2 and 3 keys, respectively.

Levers 3 are provided each carrying a key 31 marked with a number ofshillings from 1 to 9 and adapted to operate one or more of a number ofpunches each arranged so as to be able to perforate the card 2 in one ofthe positions 35 marked 1/-, 2/- and 2/6d. respectively. A lever d isadapted to operate a punch arranged to perforate the card, in theposition marked 10/-, and levers 5 carrying keys 51 are adapted to opnerate the punch just referred to and one of the 40 levers 3.

Levers 6 each carrying a key 61 marked with a number of pence from 1 to11 are arranged to operate one or more punches each yarranged toperforate the card at one of the positions marked 1d. or 6d. and a lever'l (shown in section in Fig.

3) is adapted to operate a punch capable of perforating the card at theposition marked 1/2d.

The card shown in Figure '7 has a face value of 3 6s. 91/2d., and thoseof the positions |10 at 50 which perforations must be made in order toindicate this amount are'shown in full lines, the remainder being showndotted.

As shown for example with reference to the pence in Figures 3 and 4, twosets of concentric 55 tubes I0, II, I2, I3, I4 and I5, I6, I'I, I8, I9respectively are mounted for rotation about a shaft 20. At their meetingends, the two sets of tubes are cut away to form overlapping portions:as is seen from Fig. 4, the tubes I5 to I9, hereinafter referred to asthe rightnand set, are cut along an axial plane, while the lefthand setis left with a projecting portion of less circumferential length, sothat the space 2| shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is formed between theprojecting portions of the tubes. In this way, counterclockwise rotationof any tube of the right hand set will cause corresponding rotation ofthe corresponding tube of the left hand set. Counterclockwise rotationof the tubes of the left hand set up to the angular extent of the space2 I however, will have no eifect on the tubes of the right hand set.

The levers E are mounted upon the outer tubes of the two sets as shownin Figure 3, as also are tappets 22, adapted to operate punches 23. Thelevers are capable of angular movement about the shaft 2D, and arearranged, as will now be described, to operate, upon such movement, oneor more of the tappets 22, and thus of the punches 23.

The lever bearing the key marked 1d. is provided with a small screw orpin 24 (see Fig. 3) which, upon depression of the key, contacts with ascrew or pin 25, carried by the adjacent tappet 22, and rotates thelatter in a counterclockwise direction; this causes the correspondingpunch 23 to be operated and a card placed in the apparatus at 25 ispunched at the extreme left hand position of those marked 1d. in Fig. 7.

The 2d. lever is provided with screws 2'! and 28 which cooperaterespectively with screws 29 and 30 carried by the tappets on either sideof the lever; thus, depression of the 2d. key causes operation of thetwo lefthand tappets and the perforation of the card at the two lefthand positions marked 1d. A similar arrangement of screws is providedwhereby depression of the sixpenny key causes the operation of thetappet next to it on the right and the perforation of the card at theposition marked 6d.

The remaining levers 6 are provided each with a screw stud 3I by meansof which each may rotate one of the tubes. For this purpose al1 tubesoutside a tube which it is required to rotate by a particular lever areprovided at the point of register with that lever, with a slot of suchangular extent as to allow the stud to move the requisite distance in acounterclockwise direction without contacting the tube or the tubes tomove the requisite distance in a counterclockwise direction withoutcontacting the stud. The tube which it is required to rotate by means ofa lever is provided with a slot or hole to receive the stud, which is soarranged that movement of the stud in the counterclockwise directionwill cause immediate and similar movement of the tube. This part of themechanism is illustrated in Fig. 6 which shows a section through thetubes at the 11d. lever. From this gure, it will be seen thatcounterclockwise movement of the stud causes movement of the inner tubeonly, whilst the other tubes are free to move independently of the stud.

Each of the tappets 22 is provided with a screw stud 32, whichcooperates with the tubes in a manner similar to that just described,but in this case the studs, and thus the tappets, are caused to move asa result of the movement of the tubes. When a stud 32 is not intended tobe operated by a tube, a slot is provided in that tube for the receptionof the stud of angular extent sufcient to allow the requisitecounterclockwise movement of the tube or stud independently of theother. If, on the other hand, a stud is to be operated by a tube, theslot or hole in the tube for its reception is such that counterclockwisemovement of the tube causes immediate and corresponding movement of thestud. In Figure 2 there is shown a section through the tubes at thetappet operating the punch adapted to perforate the card at the righthand of the positions marked 1d. in Fig. 7; from this section it will beseen that the tappet is operated by each of the tubes with the exceptionof that designated by the reference II.

The lever 7 is adapted, by means of screws 33 and 34, to operate atappet 35 which in turn operates a punch to perforate the card in theposition marked 1/2d.

Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the tappets 22 bythe levers 5. In this diagram the long horizontal lines represent thetubes, the short horizontal lines connections between levers and tappetsby means of abutting screws (such as 24, 25). The longer vertical linesrepresent levers E (or i) and the shorter vertical lines tappets 22 (or35). The levers are marked with the value marked on the associated keyS1 and the tappets with the representative value of the hole punched inthe card upon their actuation. The tappets marked 1d. are further markedwith the letters A, B, C, D, E respectively reading from left to right.The symbol O at the junction of a tube and a lever indicates that thattube is operated upon depression of that lever, and the symbol X at thejunction of a tappet and tube indicates that that tappet is operated bythat tube.

As examples, the cases of 4d. and 11d. will be taken. Depression of the4d. key causes rotation of tube II, which in turn causes the operationof tappets marked 1d.(A), ld.(B), 1d.(C) and 1d.(D) so that the card isperforated at four places representing one penny. Counterclockwiserotation (as seen in Figure 4) of tube II has, of course, no eifect uponthe corresponding tube I 6 of the other set. Depression of the 11d. keycauses rotation of the tube I5 which causes operation of the tappetmarked 6d. and also of tube IB.

ld.(B), id (C), 1d.(D), and 1d.(E). Depression of the 11d. key thereforeresults in the perforation of the card at the position representingsixpence and each of the five positions representing one penny.

The representation of sums from 1/- to 9/- is similarly effected, partlyby means of abutting screws and partly by means of concentric tubes andstuds. As may be seen from Figure 2, the levers 3 are mounted on theouter tube 36 of a series of concentric tubes mounted for rotation abcuta shaft 31. Upon this tube there are also mounted tappets 38 eacharranged to operate one of a number of punches 39 each arranged toperforate the card in one of the positions marked 1/, 2/- or 2/6d.

The method of selectively connecting the levers 3 and tappets 38 isillustrated diagrammatically in Figure l1; this diagram is similar tothat shown in Figure 10 and no further explanation is considerednecessary, except to point out that although no system of coaxial tubessuch as I0 and I5, II and I5 of Figure 3 is required, two entirelyindependent tubes which control the rep- Counterclockwise rotation oftube IIJ,l in turn, causes operation of tappets 1d.(A),

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resentation of 2/- and '1/- respectively are arranged 'coaxiall'y inorder to economize space.v

`Mounted for rotationiupon the tube 36'there are also nine levers 5.Each of these levers bears a key 51 marked with a number of shillingsfrom eleven to nineteen and overlapping the shaft of the lever 6 whichbears the key marked with a number of shillings which is smaller by ten.Each of these levers 5 carries a pin 4|) which projects into a slot 4|in a link 42. Each of the links 42 is pivoted, as at 43, to a link 44which is rigidly connected to a shaft 45. Rigidly carried upon the shaftis a tappet 4,6' which is adapted to operate a punch 41 to perforate thecard at the position marked 10/ Upon depression of a key 51 not only isthe punch 41 operated, but also the punch or punches associated with thelever 6 which the key overlaps. Thus, upon depression of the key marked1'1/- the punch 41 is operated to perforate the card at the positionmarked 10/- and the '1/- lever is rotated with the result .that the cardis also perforated at both of the positions marked 2/6d. and at theright hand position of the two marked 2/-.

The lever 4 is also mounted for free rotation upon the tube 36 andoperates, upon counterclockwise rotation, the punch 41 by means of a pin49 and link 42.

The levers I are mounted for rotation upon a tube 48 which in turn canrotate about a shaft 49; at its inner end, this shaft shares a commonbearing 56 with the shaft 31.

The 1, 2 and 3 levers are arranged to operate corresponding tappets andpunches 39| (see Fig. 14) by means of abutting screws, suoli as 5|, 52while the 4 lever operates the 1 and 3 tappets by means of the tube 46and screw studs 53, 54 and 55.

The finger p-lates 8 and 9 are mounted on arms 58 and 51, respectivelymounted for free rotation about the tube 4B.

As will be seen from, Figures 2 and 14, the punches 23, 39, 41 and thepunches. 59| associated with the pound keys and the punch 399 associatedwith the 1/2d. key, are guided in holes 362 and 393 in plates 58 and 59respectively, which plates form part of the framework of the apparatusand registering holes are provided in a further plate 60 which, with theplate 59 forms the slot 26. Each of these punches is provided with aspring 6| which surrounds it and bears at one end against the plate 59and at the other against a shoulder in the punch. When a punch isoperated, the spring 6| is compressed and serves, upon release of thecorresponding key, to return p-un-ch, tappet, tube and key lever totheir initial positions.

If a card were merely punched at the posi tions corresponding to thepieces of money which it is desired to represent, it would be an easymatter for a person of fraudulent intent to in crease the face value ofthe card by the addition of further perforations in appropriatepositions. In order to prevent this, means are provided whereby acancelling mark may be made against each of the representative positionson the card which it is not intended shall be perforated.

Above each of the punches already referred to in the bottom row, that ispunches 23 and 359, there is mounted a smaller punch 62, while furthersmall punches 62 are arranged above the punches 39, 41 and 39| in thetop row. Each of these smaller punches has a base portion 63 having anannular groove 64 and mounted within a tube 65 which is guided in a hole3.64 in the plate 53. Eachpunch is normally coupled to its tube 65 bymeans of an annular connecting member 6 6, (see Figs. 2, 8 and 9),inwardly projecting ianges 61 of which slide in peripheral slits orgrooves in the tube- 65. A small spring 68 (see Figs. 8 and 9) the endsof which project through slots in the periphery of the member 66 and thecentre portion of which presses against the under side of the tube 65,tends to press the annular member in to the position shown in Fig. 8, sothat one of its flanges engages the groove 64 in the base of the punch;when the member 66 is in this position, the punch is positively coupledwith the tube 65 and will be moved to perforate the card whenever thetube is moved to the right as Viewed in Figure 2.

' Behind each of the tubes 65 there is arranged a rod passing across theapparatus and rigidly carried by members depending from one of theshafts 29, 31 or 49 at either end thereof. In Fig. 2 is shown such a rod69 positioned behind the tubes 65 which carry punches for cancelling thepositions on the card marked 1/- to lll/- and a rod 19 positioned behindthe penny and halfpenny cancelling punches. As shown, the rod 69 iscarried by members 8| rigidly connected to the shaft 31 and the rod 16by members E9 carried by the shaft 26. any key 3 the correspondingtappet or tappets 38 contact with therod 69 and swing it to the rightasseen in Figure 2, with the result that all of the tubes 65 are movedto the right against the action of springs 1| arranged between the tubesand the plate 59 and surrounding the punches 62.

1n order that the rod 59 may be operated when the lever 4 (marked 10/-)is actuated, there is rigidly carried by this lever a tappet 226 adaptedto swing the rod 69.

In order that cancelling perforations shall be made in the card only atthe positions required, means are provided whereby the punches 62arranged above value punches which are to be operated are prevented fromperforating the card. Within each tube 65 there is provided a spring 15,conned between the base of the punch 62 and a plug 16 in the end of thetube.V These springs are so weak that upon a tube 65 being moved to theright, the punch unless positively coupled with it, will move with itonly until it contacts the card 2, the resistance offered by the latterbeing sufficient to overcome the springs 15.

A'small lever 12 is provided beneath each tube 65, pivoted to a boss 13bolted to the plate 53. The free ends of these levers project beneaththe annular coupling members 66 and each lever .is formedwith adepending portion 14 which norn mally rests on the shoulder of thelarge, or value, punch situated beneath it. In this way. movement of avalue punch (e. g. 23 or 39) to the right will cause the correspondinglever 12 to pivot and raise the corresponding coupling member 66 to theposition shown in Figure 9, from which it will be seen that the flange61 has been removed from the groove 64 so that the punch is no longercoupled to the tube. In this wa for instance, movement of the rod 69 tothe right results in the production of cancelling perforations aboveeach of the positions on the card marked with some number of shillingswith the exception of those which are perforated by a punch 39.

As Will be seen from Figure 2, there is normally a slight clearancebetween the tappets (e. g. 22 and 38) and the rods (e. g. 69 and 19) sothat Upon depression of A'i i) the value punches have moved far enoughto cause the uncoupling of the cancelling punches from the tubes beforethe latter begin to move. Upon a key being released and the tubes 65returning to their initial positions under the action of the springs 1|,the bases of the punches B2 are forced to the right hand end of thetubes by the springs 15 so that the anges of the coupling members mayagain slip into the grooves 64 and couple the tubes and punches.

In order that the requisite cancelling punches may always be operated,arms 11, 13 and 19 respectively are carried rigidly by the shafts 20, 31and 49 and bear keys marked No pence, No shillings, and No poundsrespectively. Depression of one of these keys results in thecounterclockwise rotation of one of the shafts 20, 31 or 49 andconsequent swinging to the right of one of the rods (e. g. 69 o1' 10).If no pounds, shillings or pence are to be represented, the appropriateNo value key is depressed which results in the swinging to the right ofthe corresponding rod (10, 69 or the rod situated behind the cancellingpunches for the pounds) and the production of cancelling perforationsabove each of the positions in the card marked with numbers of pounds,shillings or pence as the case may be. Rotation of the tubes 65 may beprevented by tongues `formed on the bosses 13 and engaging grooves inthe tubes, or keys may be provided for this purpose where. the tubespass through the plate 58.

In Fig. '7, perforations made by the cancelling punches are shown at|40.

During the perforating operations, the card 2 is retained in theapparatus by means of bell crank levers 82. These are mounted on a shaft83, a spring 84 being provided normally to maintain them in the positionshown in Fig. 2 in which their one end prevents the passage of the carddownwards through the slot. The other end of the bell crank situated onthe left hand side of the apparatus as seen in Figure 1 projects beneatha rack rod 85, which projects above the apparatus and is provided with ahand plate 86. This rack rod is bored centrally to receive a smallerupright rod 88 over which it slides and is guided when depressed againstthe action of a spring 81. If desired, the rod 83 could be made integralwith the rod 85 and pass through holes in the base of the apparatus sothat the rod 85 could be operated by a treadle instead of the hand plate8B. Upon the completion of the perforation of the card, the operatordepresses the rod 85 with the result that the bell cranks are swung toallow the card to drop from the slot 26. At the same time, rack teeth 89on the rod 85 engage a pinion 90 mounted on a shaft 9|. This shaftcarries, at either end, a member 92 having a rubber surfaced face 93,which, upon rotation of the shaft 9| engages the card and ejects it fromthe apparatus.

In order to provide a check upon the amount of money represented by theperforations made by the apparatus, totalizing mechanism, illustrated inFigs. 2, 2a. and 13 is provided. Each of the penny levers 6 is providedwith a depending linger 94 arranged to limit the angular movement of thelever by contact with a stop 05 provided on the base of the apparatus.Upon each of these ngers 911 there is pivoted a spring pressed pawl 06,adapted, upon counterclockwise rotation of the lever, to engage a toothof a ratchet wheel 91 mounted rigidly on a shaft 98 and to rotate thewheel through an angular distance equivalent to a number of teeth equalto the number of pence marked on the key 61 carried by the lever.

In the same way, lingers 99 and |00 carried by the shilling and poundlevers respectively, carry pawls and |02 arranged to rotate wheels |03and |04 through tooth distances equal to the number of shillings orpounds marked on the keys carried by the individual levers. One of thewheels 91 carries, against every twelfth tooth, a projection |05. Theseprojections are shown dotted in Fig. 2, and are arranged, in turn, tocontact with a member |05. This member |08 is guided by two pins |01 and|08 which engage slots |09 and ||0 respectively in the member; themember further has a projecting portion which is held in contact withthe wheel |03 by a spring ||2. Upon the wheel 91 rotating when one ofthe projections is in contact with the member |06, the latter is movedand causes the wheel |03 to move to the extent of one tooth, whereuponthe projection |05 moves past the member |06, which is allowed to returnunder the influence of the spring ||2. In this way for every twelvepennies which are registered by means of the keys 5, the Shillingtotalizing wheel |03 is moved on to indicate one shilling. Similarlyprojections ||3 and a member ||4 are provided whereby the wheel |04 ismoved on to indicate an extra pound every time the wheel |03 movesthrough twenty tooth spaces.

Visual indication of the total sum represented by the collectiveactuation of the key levers is provided for on the lefthand side of theapparatus as seen in Figure 2. As shown in Figure 13, the wheels 91 and|03 situated on this side of the apparatus are marked with equallyspaced numerals; on the wheel 91 the numerals used run from 0 to ll andrecur every 30. There is thus provided a number of numerals equal to thenumber of 'teeth on the wheel, and the number of odd pence in the totalrepresented by the apparatus may be exhibited by way of a window or thelike |90 provided in the side of the apparatus, an indicating arrow |9|also being provided. In the same way the wheel |03 is provided withnumerals from 0 to 19 recurring every 120 and a window |92 and arrow 93are also provided. The total of pounds is given by a Vecder counter |94driven from the shaft of the wheels |04 by means of a pinion |95 meshingwith a pinion |96 mounted on that shaft and having the same number ofteeth as the wheels 04.

In order that the number of the ten shilling representations made may betaken account of in the total number of pounds shown by the counter |94,mechanism is provided whereby every two actuations of the tappet 0Bcauses the wheel |96 to be rotated through an angular distance equal toone tooth. For this purpose, the shaft 45 carries a pawl 200, springpressed into engagement with a ratchet wheel 20|, shown in Fig, 2, andprovided with axially projecting pins 202; these pins are equally spacedround the ratchet wheel and there are half as many of them as there areteeth on the wheel. Carried slidably in bearings 203 upstanding from thebase of the apparatus is a bar 200 (see Figs. 2 and 2a) having at oneend an upstanding portion 205 adapted to be engaged in turn by each ofthe pins 202. Pivotally carried by the bar is a pawl 208 spring pressedinto engagement with the teeth of one of the wheels |04. A spring 201 isprovided, between one of the bearings 203 and a projection 208 on thebar and tends to push the bar to the right; in order to prevent thewheel 20| being rotated under the action of this spring, there isprovided a spring pressed holding pawl 209.

Upon the shaft 45 being rotated by means of one of the links 44, thepawl 200 rotates the wheel 20| through one tooth space: assuming thetotalizing mechanism to be at Zero, such rotation of the wheel willcause a pin 202 to engage the bar 204,

vmove it to the left and hold it, the pawl 205 slipping over one toothof the wheel |04. The subsequent rotation of the shaft 45, and thus ofthe wheel 20|, will cause the pin 202 to slip olf the part 205 of thebar and allow the latter to return under the action of the spring 201,rotating the wheel |04 through one tooth space by means of the pawl 206.If desired, markings may be provided on the wheel 20| or on the rod 204to indicate whether or not an odd ten shillings is to be added to thetotal shown by the mechanism shown in Fig. 13. Similar totalizingmechanism may be provided for halfpennies.

If it is required, instead of perforating articles such as cards, toperforate a continuous strip or the like, the apparatus just describedmay be adapted for this purpose by a slight modification such as isshown in Fig. l2. In this form, the plate 60 of the frame is replaced bya plate ||8 between which and the plate 59 a narrow slot 0 is formed forthe passage of a continuous strip |20. This strip is provided, near itsedges with holes |2I, `shown dotted in Fig. 7, and a pair or" wheels 2H,mounted fast upon either end of a shaft |22, have teeth |23 adapted toengage these holes and pass the strip through the apparatus upon thewheels being rotated.

The rotation of the wheel is effected by means of a spring pressed pawl|24 carried by an arm i60 and engaging a ratchet wheel |25 carried bythe shaft |22. The arm |60 is mounted for free rotation about the shaft|22 and is connected to a treadle |25 by a pivoted link |21. A spring|28 is provided for the return of the treadle, and of the pawl and stops|20 and |30 are provided to limit the movement of the treadle in eitherdirection. The distance between these stops and the pitch of the teeth|23 and of the holes |2| are such that the downward stroke of thetreadle causes one set of positions |10, similar to those marked on thecard 2, to be replaced by the succeeding set.

It will be understood of course that the passage of the continuous strip|20 through the apparatus may be effected by any other suitablemechanism in place of the treadle, such, for example, as a hand crank orpower means: or the release of separate cards may be by treadle, crankor other means.

It will further be understood that the apparatus may easily be adaptedfor use with the decimal system of currency; in fact, certain points,notably the totalizing system, will'be easier to carry out when usingdecimal currency.

The'invention is not, of course, limited to the specific features ofconstruction above set forth. The totalizing, for example, might beeffected by providing special shafts or tubes about which the finger keylevers revolve, abutments on the shafts 0r tubes being normally heldagainst stops by means of springs. In order to render them capable of atotalizing action, the tubes or shafts could be provided with gearsegments meslfnng with pinions on the shafts of ratchet counters andabutments on the key levers contact with pins on the tubes or shafts androtate them through distances proportional to the values marked on theAindividual keys.

Again, the perforations may be in any form, such as numerals or otherdistinguishing symbols. Indeed, it is not essential that therepresentations produced by the apparatus be perforations; for example,the apparatus might be arranged selectively to print a card or slip ofpaper with certain symbols or in one or more predetermined positionsuponthe depression of a key marked with the value to be represented; or,in the case of a selector member for use in an electrically operatedmachine, an insulating member might be selectively rendered conducting,or vice Versa, at one or more predetermined positions upon thedepression of a key.

I claimz- 1. In apparatus for producing recordings of money values, thecombination of keys representing each number of each unit of money valueto be recorded, and means operable upon the actuation of a key toproduce a separate recording representing each of the actual pieces ofmoney which make up the required number of the unit in question.

2. Apparatus for producing indications of money values having keys eachrepresenting a monetary value and perforating means adapted to beoperated by actuation of a key to produce separate perforations in amanner predetermined to represent separately each of the actual piecesof money required to make up the amount represented by the said key.

3. In perforating apparatus the combination of keys each representing amonetary value, perforating devices operable upon the actuation of a keyto produce separate perforations in a manner predetermined to representseparately each of the actual pieces of money required to make up theamount represented by the key actuated and mechanism for totalizing themoney Values represented by perforations so made.

4. Apparatus for producing indications of money values having keysrepresenting each number of each unit of money value up to the capacityof the machine, means operable upon the actuation of a key to produce anindication of each of the actual pieces of money to be paid out to makeup the amount represented Yby the key actuated and means to produceindications of what pieces of money indicatable by the apparatus are notto be paid out.

5. Apparatus for producing indications of money values comprising aplurality of concentric tubes, aplurality of key levers mounted forrotation about the axis of said tubes, means connecting each of said keylevers toa different one of said tubes, indication-producing devices,and means connecting each of said tubes to a different one or to adifferent combination of more than one of said indication-producingdevices.

6. Apparatus for producing indications of money values comprising aplurality of concentric tubes, key levers mounted for rotation about theaxis of said tubes, indication-producing devices, an actuating devicefor each of said indication-producing devices mounted for rotation aboutthe axis of said tubes, slots in said tubes, a projection carried byeach of said key leversI and adapted to impart motion from said keylever to one of said tubes by engagement with the edge of the slottherein, and a projection carried by each of said actuating devices andadapted to receive motion from one or more of said tubes by engagementwith the edges of the slots therein, and to transmit it to saidactuating devices and the associated indication-producing devices.

7. Apparatus for producing indications of money values comprising a keyrepresenting each number of each unit of money value up to the capacityof the machine, a punch representing each piece of money required tomake up any sum within the capacity of the machine, and meansoperatively connecting each of said keys to punches each representingone of the pieces of money required to make up the amount represented bythe key.

8. Apparatus for producing indications of money values comprising a keyrepresenting each number of each unit of money value up to the capacityof the machine, a value punch representing each piece of money requiredto make up any sum Within the capacity of the machine, means operativelyconnecting each of said keys to value punches representing the pieces ofmoney required to make up the amount represented by the key, acancelling punch situated adjacent each of said value punches, and meansoperable upon the depression of a key to actuate the cancelling punchesadjacent all value punches which are not operatively connected to thatkey but are operatively connected to keys representing numbers of thesame unit of money value.

9. Apparatus for producing indications of money values as claimed inclaim 8, wherein a key is provided for each unit of money value and isoperatively connected to all of the cancelling punches situated adjacentvalue punches representing pieces of money of that unit for theoperation thereof independently of the keys provided representing theindividual numbers of that unit of money value.

10. Apparatus for producing recordings of money values comprising keyseach representing a monetary value, devices for producing recordingseach adapted to indicate a piece of money of certain value, means4operatively connecting each of said keys to recording producing devicesrepresenting each of the actual pieces of money required to make up themonetary value represented by the key, and means for totalizing theamounts represented by the actuation of keys.

11. A perforating machine comprising keys each representing a number ofa unit of money value, value punches, means for the selective operationo said value punches by said keys, a cancelling punch situated adjacenteach of said Value punches, an actuating member for each of saidcancelling punches, means operatively connecting the actuating member ofeach of said cancelling punches to all of said keys, and means operableupon the actuation of a vaiue punch to uncouple the adjacent cancellingpunch from its actuating member.

12. Apparatus for producing upon a sheet indications of money values,comprising keys representing each a money value, means operable uponactuation of any key to produce upon the sheet a separate indication ofeach piece of money required to make up the amount represented by thekey, means to retain the sheet within the apparatus and means to ejectit therefrom.

13. In apparatus for producing indications of money values upon a sheet,a pivoted member, spring means tending to urge said pivoted member intoposition to retain the sheet in position to receive the indications, ashaft, a member mounted eccentrically upon said shaft and having arubber surfaced face, actuating means adapted to swing said pivotedmember from the sheet retaining position, and means connecting saidactuating means to said eccentric member to cause the latter to swing tobring its rubbersurfaced face into contact with the sheet and eject itfrom the apparatus.

14. Apparatus for producing indications of money values comprising a keyrepresenting each number of each unit of money value up to the capacityof the machine, a punch for every piece of money required to make up anysum within the capacity of the machine, and means operatively connectingeach key with punches representing the actual pieces of money requiredto make up the .sum represented by the key.

15, A perforating machine comprising keys each representing a number ofa unit of money value, value punches, means for the selective operationof said value punches by said keys, a cancelling punch situated adjacenteach of said value punches, an actuating member for each of saidcancelling punches, means for coupling each cancelling punch to itsactuating member, springs tending to maintain said coupling means incoupling position, and cam means connected to each of said value punchesadapted upon actuation of the value punch to uncouple the adjacentcancelling punch from its actuating member.

16. A perforating machine comprising a key for each number of each unitof money value to be indicated, a value punch for each actual piece ofmoney required to make up any sum Which the machine is capable ofindicating, a cancelling punch adjacent each of said value punches, anactuating member for each of said cancelling punches, means selectivelyconnecting said keys to said value punches, means connecting each ofsaid keys to the actuating members of all cancelling punches which areadjacent to value punches connected to keys representing some r

